Caleres has appointed Brian Costello as chief merchandising officer of its Famous Footwear retail business. Costello, most recently, was the footwear DMM at Nordstrom. In his new role, he will oversee all buying and merchandising, including women’s, men’s and kids’ athletic and fashion footwear and accessories, for the brand’s U.S. and Canada stores and e-commerce sites.
Costello spent nearly 15 years in the Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack business and 13 years with Macy’s Northwest and Bon Marche.
“Brian has a long track record of exceptional fashion and footwear industry leadership,” said Mike Edwards, president, Famous Footwear. “With expertise in merchandising and planning for both footwear and ready-to-wear, I’m confident he will help drive growth and achieve our ambitions at Famous Footwear.”
Costello has nearly 30 years of diverse fashion experience at Nordstrom and Macy’s, including leading all footwear categories, women’s accessories and a variety of ready-to-wear categories at Nordstrom Rack, a large segment of the women’s shoe business at Nordstrom, and planning and site merchandising for the launch of nordstromrack.com.
“I’m proud to be joining Caleres and Famous Footwear,” said Costello. “As a retailer, many of our best wholesale partners were at Caleres. As a competitor, I always watched and shopped Famous Footwear. I’m honored to be leading such a strong merchant organization.”
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